EP1857853A3 - Illuminating device - Google Patents

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EP1857853A3
EP1857853A3 EP07009066A EP07009066A EP1857853A3 EP 1857853 A3 EP1857853 A3 EP 1857853A3 EP 07009066 A EP07009066 A EP 07009066A EP 07009066 A EP07009066 A EP 07009066A EP 1857853 A3 EP1857853 A3 EP 1857853A3
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illuminating device
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Hiroshi Sasaki
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B21/00—Microscopes
    • G02B21/0004—Microscopes specially adapted for specific applications
    • G02B21/002—Scanning microscopes
    • G02B21/0024—Confocal scanning microscopes (CSOMs) or confocal "macroscopes"; Accessories which are not restricted to use with CSOMs, e.g. sample holders
    • G02B21/0032—Optical details of illumination, e.g. light-sources, pinholes, beam splitters, slits, fibers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B21/00—Microscopes
    • G02B21/0004—Microscopes specially adapted for specific applications
    • G02B21/002—Scanning microscopes
    • G02B21/0024—Confocal scanning microscopes (CSOMs) or confocal "macroscopes"; Accessories which are not restricted to use with CSOMs, e.g. sample holders
    • G02B21/0036—Scanning details, e.g. scanning stages
    • G02B21/0044—Scanning details, e.g. scanning stages moving apertures, e.g. Nipkow disks, rotating lens arrays
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B21/00—Microscopes
    • G02B21/0004—Microscopes specially adapted for specific applications
    • G02B21/002—Scanning microscopes
    • G02B21/0024—Confocal scanning microscopes (CSOMs) or confocal "macroscopes"; Accessories which are not restricted to use with CSOMs, e.g. sample holders
    • G02B21/0052—Optical details of the image generation
    • G02B21/0076—Optical details of the image generation arrangements using fluorescence or luminescence
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B21/00—Microscopes
    • G02B21/06—Means for illuminating specimens

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  • Microscoopes, Condenser (AREA)

Abstract

An illuminating device (1) adapted to be included in a microscope (2) is provided. The illuminating device (1) includes at least one lens (24,24a,24b) that can change the numerical aperture of a light beam collected on a pupil plane (7a) of an objective lens (7).
EP07009066A 2006-05-16 2007-05-04 Illuminating device Revoked EP1857853B1 (en)

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JP2006136573 2006-05-16

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EP1857853A2 EP1857853A2 (en) 2007-11-21
EP1857853A3 true EP1857853A3 (en) 2008-02-13
EP1857853B1 EP1857853B1 (en) 2012-07-04

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